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Cricket World Cup. England vs Australia. Sunday England vs NZ. And the Winner Is........

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Cricket World Cup. England vs Australia. Sunday England vs NZ. And the Winner Is........

 

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My London office has requested a special report from their foreign correspondent on the current tensions in England.  Please direct any questions or complaints to my office.

Thankyou

 

This poem that I'm writing

I do not write by choice

A WOLer who's high up the chain

Has challenged me by voice

 

(email actually....)

 

The challenge that I'm faced with

Has put me in great pain

I hope it's not repeated

When Ashes comes again

 

What pain is it I'm talking 'bout'

'Head WOLer' put me in?

The meany pressed my button-pain

(I think he meant to do it...)

 

Cricket Aus got slaughtered

(See why I am so pained?)

Redesigning our express train

To smash an Ashes gain

 

Do not let your slaughter-win

It to your heads let go

Do not get overconfident

Us Aussies won't lie low

 

ooooooooooooooooooo

 

There's a problem in UK which need fixing

A problem eating away at the sport

Only 7% of primary schoolchildren

Play cricket with Chance to Shine support

 

At secondary school level the situation

The situation becomes even worse

Which has a bad knock-on result and

A lack of adults to coerce

 

ooooooooooooooooooo

 

On Sunday New Zealand plays England

To decide the winner of the World Cup

England's worked hard to get this far

I hope they do win – with no cock-up

 

Don Matthews July 2019

 

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J R Harris

Mon 15th Jul 2019 14:01

As for the final... the famous words of the Duke of Wellington come to mind when he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo - "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life!"

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Tommy Carroll

Sun 14th Jul 2019 19:49

RUN-OUT!!

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 14th Jul 2019 08:00

Don, the WOL chain is a very short one and I am the weakest link!

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Don Matthews

Sun 14th Jul 2019 06:57

Commenter on video clip:

Nobody is favourite
NZ can win
England can win
Rain can also win

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